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The anger inside is still there, but as she says those words, something else starts to form. Ownership. Maybe she’s right? Maybe I can just own the joke vote and put all these stupid girls in their place. Maybe, instead of shying away from the vote, I should embrace it.
“Yeah,” I agree with her.
“Who cares if these stupid chicks think you’re a joke. I know you’re not. You’re ahmayzing.” She singsongs the last word, making my giggle.
“That’s not a bad idea.”
“Of course not. I thought of it.” She smiles.
The teacher finally brings us back to attention after the commotion of the prom court ballots being handed out, but I’m not paying attention anymore. I’m thinking of how I can fully own my prom court role and prove to everyone that, joke vote or not, this isn’t going to define me.
For the next few classes, I doodle in my notebook different ideas on what I can wear at the pep rally. Plus, I’m still working on the designs for my prom dress, which I still fully intend on mixing a cosplay costume with a dress.
On my way to sociology, I’ve gotten more than enough call-outs between classes. Some of them are the snickering kind, but I’m surprised by the number of people telling me they are going to vote for me.
A couple doors down from class, Jeremy McCormick taps me on the shoulder. As stupid and chauvinistic as Oscar can be, Jeremy has him beat, so it catches me off guard when I turn around and see him.
“You’re her, right?” he asks, a cocky grin on his face.
“I don’t know.” I raise an eyebrow. “Depends who you’re talking about?”
“The nerd chick. You’re Isabel, right?”
I scowl at him. “It’s So Cal Nerd Girl.”
“What’s the difference?”
I take in a deep breath, and I’m about to just turn around and ignore him when a voice pops up from behind me.
“The difference is she’s got over thirty thousand subscribers.”
Before he even stops next to me, I smile at the sound of Matt’s voice.
“Subscribers? To what?” Jeremy looks confused.
“YouTube,” I answer. “It’s my channel.”
“Oh.” It looks as if he’s just realizing why people called me the Nerd Girl. Actually, he probably is. “Whatever. So, if I vote for you, do I get any perks?”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know.” He grins, eyeing my up and down. “I could come up with an idea or two.”
“Dude.” Matt throws him a disapproving look, which just makes me smile more.
“Oh, my bad, Hillard. You guys hooking up?”
My jaw drops. He’s asking Matt if I’m hooking up with him, right in front of me, as if I’m not anything more than an object. I guess to him I’m probably not.
I clear my throat. “No, we are not hooking up.” I shove a finger in his chest. “And you could come up with a thousand ideas, and I’d still turn each one down.”
“Screw you.” Jeremy’s smile disappears.
“Not even if you were the last guy on earth.”
“Bitch,” he grumbles, before turning and walking away.
Matt takes a step to him, letting out a huff, but I put a hand on his chest. “Don’t. He’s an idiot.”
